My 8x4 Led Set Up.

Discussion in 'Do It Yourself' started by joneswithanooh, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. So I wanted to show everyone what I had going on. I wanted to get the best bang for my buck and I wouldn't mind some opinions. The grow room frame is built with 1"x2" planks and the Mylar siding is actually foam insulation with Mylar coating. The whole thing cost under $100 minus lighting. Inside I have 2x 300 watt Apollo horticulture led full spectrum lamps. It gets a little warm but I am able to manage it with fans. The room is right at 8 feet by 4 feet. I use Fox's farm soil and nutes. I have some bag seed plants growing in there now but am about to put 10 heavy duty fruity clones inside. Anyone wanna take a shot and yield prediction? Lol any feedback would be nice.

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  2. Here is a quick video tour. Very limited on space. Flower and veg room.: http://youtu.be/KMYFfOBH8ig

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  3. Anyone see the video and get any better cooling ideas? I worry if I add another LED I might exceed 80 degrees...

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  4. nice setup...good size rooms for sure.. In your flower room the florescent bulbs are much to far from any of the plants to be doing much of anything..They dont have the penetrating power / Wattage of say a HPS. This cause's the plants to stretch for light, and buy the looks of the 3rd picture that is definitely the case. short thick stocks are much better then long scrony stocks for the transportation of nutrients, which means bigger more dense buds.
     
    how far are your LED from the top of your plants they also seem a bit high, for how small your plants are atm. I read that a 450 Watt setup should be aroudn 20-30 inches from the top thats 2-3 feet.
     
    when hanging lights always keep this in mind.
     
    For (artificial) light, there is a law that always applies known as the Inverse Square Law. It states that light diminishes exponentially in energy as the distance is increased from the source.
    A good example is that you might be getting 1000 PAR Watts at 4" from your light source, but that would change to 250 PAR Watts at double the distance (8"). This law makes it EXTREMELY important for indoor plant growers to get their light source as close as possible to their plants. The amount of light your plant receives is directly related to it's yield/flower density.
     
    keeps up the good work looking forward to seeing more.
     
  5. good lookin setup. In the veg room I would boost up the shorter plants...maybe flip a flower pot upside down for a riser.
     
    hemptation is spot on..those cfls need to be closer to get good growth.
     
    In the flower room I would remove the flouro tubes..they're not doing much but burning electricity and creating heat. For exhaust ..what running the exhaust in the corner there? I'd move the exhaust into the ceiling right in the middle...kind of above the thermostat. If you get a decent exhaust fan removing the heat should be no issue if you add another light.
     
    make sure the flower room is 100% lightproof.
     
  6. The LED panels are only about 10 inches above the tallest plant and about 2 feet above the shortest to maximize coverage area. I also got some additional cooling and cfl's today. The pictures are a little deceiving as they make everything look larger.

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  7. #7 snoopdog6502, Aug 23, 2014
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    You may not be using the light effectively and have so much of a Frankenstein light set up.
     
    Id quit fucking around with a bunch of lights. Put all the lights in the veg room and put a 1,000wHPS and cool tube in the flower room and grow buds the size of your arm.
     
    You have a good space with real potential. :)
     
  8. Lol it is a bit Frankensteinish. But I really can't afford the set up or the light Bill quite yet for 1000 watt hps. So far, I have about $400 invested and that's including me building my own grow space from scratch and all lighting/ventilation/etc. It's gonna have to do for a couple harvests at least 😉

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  9. It will be productive, you are still dialing it in. Grow rooms are always a work in progress.
     
    Consider DWC hydro in the future, it is cheaper, simpler, faster and bigger. It is vastly easier than people claim. If you have to pay to recreate the sun in your house you may as well make the most of it.
     
  10. I hear ya there! I will always be working on it! I love to tinker with different set ups and idas.

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  11. Made some mods today. http://youtu.be/7c8Nk2tdXZ4 /URL] Sent from my LG-D959 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
     

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